Alter Quote by Terence Winter

It's challenging to play a real-life character because you know that it existed in the history and you have certain parameters to follow and…

— Sonu Sood

You can't rewrite the history books; you can't eliminate the impact of my work and my characters.

— Rob Liefeld

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

— Kathryn Lasky

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have…

— Meg Cabot

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.

— Oscar Wilde

I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television.

— Peter Dinklage

My history is that I will create a character, and they will have a book to themselves, and then I'll integrate the character into…

— Michael Connelly

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

— George R. R. Martin

We referenced fictional characters as if they were people to learn from. As if real-life people were too nebulous, too private and unreal for…

— Miguel Syjuco

There's nothing more liberating about starting with something that is not written. You pretty much create the history of that character and that character's…

— IronE Singleton

There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

— Ben Dolnick

I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.

— Lauryn Hill